Interesting Article about Caribbean Billfish

All At Sea, which covers the Caribbean marine industry, has just posted a really interesting article by Carol Bareuther about the effect of catch-and-release billfishing in the Caribbean.

This well-researched piece is really worth reading, and it is full of important information about what various research projects have revealed about sprotfishing for billfish over the years. For example, bareuther reports that “A study conducted in 2002 by Dr. Eric Prince at the Miami, Florida-headquartered NMFS showed that sailfish caught on traditional J hooks were 21 times more likely to suffer hook-related bleeding and potentially fatal injuries than those caught-and-released on circle hooks.”

If you have any interest in billfishing, Bareuther’s piece is very much worth checking out.